Animal Senses
You and your child can learn about how animals use their senses to explore their world. Join us for this week-long experience. Through movement, song and nature explorations each day, you and your child will learn about a different one of the 5 senses and compare our senses to animas in the Zoo. Meet some of our animal friends up close too.

One ticket covers one adult and one child. Camper must be 18 mos - 3 yrs old at the time of the program. Price per week - pair this with the 4 day Home for Animals camp.

Home for Animals
You and your child can learn how animals can find a home in the ground, up in trees, in the water and even in our homes, too. Join us for this 4 day experience. Through movement, song and nature explorations each day, you and your child will learn about the place where animals can live. Meet some of our animal friends up close, too.

One ticket covers one adult and one child. Camper must be 18 mos - 3 yrs old at the time of the program. Price per week - pair this with the 5 day Animal Senses camp.

Sense Like the Animals Do
Campers will discover the adaptations that help animals sense the world around them. They can explore how snakes smell with their tongues or how eagles can find food a mile away with their keen eyesight. Each day will be spent learning about different animal senses through activities, games and up-close observations.

Session Dates:
June 27 - July 1, 2022
August 15 - 19, 2022

Where the Wild Things Live
Campers will explore all of the places where animals can live. Some build nests in trees, some dig burrows and some just hide in the bushes. Your child will explore the Zoo to look for wild animal homes and learn how we provide the best shelter for the Zoo animals, too. They can even build their own shelter in our nature play space. Each day they will explore through activities, play, and up-close animal experiences.

Session Dates:
July 11 - 15, 2022
August 29 - September 2, 2022

Animal Superheroes
Each day campers will explore the amazing superpowers that different animals have. Whether they are as fast as a car or can leap tall campers in a single bound, every animal can be a superhero. By the end of the week, campers will create their own imaginary super animals that demonstrate some of the adaptations that they studied. Camp includes up-close animal encounters, visits to exhibits, and hands-on activities!

Session Dates:
August 1 - 5, 2022

This drop off camp is designed for Pre-schoolers and those entering Kindergarten in the fall of 2022. Campers must be 4 years old on or before their first day of camp. Price is per week. Sign up for all three different Kinderzoo camps!

Zoo Academy
Your camper can join us to learn about animals through science, math, reading and wild explorations around the zoo. Campers can learn to measure and count out animal foods and provide them with shelter. Through games, crafts and other activities they will discover how we enrich the lives of our animals everyday. Finally, by the end of the week they will graduate the academy as budding animal experts.

Session Dates:
June 27 - July 1, 2022
August 22 - 26, 2022

Animals Like Us
Campers will spend the week looking at how animals are similar or different from us. They will explore how animals eat, move, and sense the world around us. Can they jump like a puma or crawl like turtle? This program will give them a chance to find out through experiments, games and up-close animal experiences

Session Dates:
July 18 - 22, 2022
August 29 - September 2, 2022

Wild Animal Music
Animals "talk" through whistles, tweets, trumpets and an orchestra of other sounds. Come and explore our wonderfully musical world of animals in the Zoo. Through games, experiments and some instrument making of their own, campers can learn about animal sounds and communication. Camp includes up-close animal encounters, visits to exhibits and hands-on activities!

Session Dates:
August 1 - 5, 2022

Price is per week. Sign up for all three different camps! This camp is for children entering 1st or 2nd grade in the fall of 2022.

Animal Mysteries 
Become a super sleuth and join us for an exploration of the mysterious animals that live in the Americas. Each day campers will use the scientific process to identify a new surprise animal. Through experiments, and observations of animal adaptations, habitats, and habits, they will solve the mystery and identify an amazing animal. Camp includes up-close animal encounters, visits to exhibits and hands-on activities!

One week per camper, but you can sign up for a 5-day Animals Through Time camp as well. This camp is for children entering 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade in the fall of 2022.

Animal Mysteries 
Become a super sleuth and join us for an exploration of the mysterious animals that live in the Americas. Each day campers will use the scientific process to identify a new surprise animal. Through experiments, and observations of animal adaptations, habitats, and habits, they will solve the mystery and identify an amazing animal. Camp includes up-close animal encounters, visits to exhibits and hands-on activities!

Session Dates:
August 8 - 12, 2022

Animals Through Time
Animals have evolved over time. Some have survived and some have been replaced by others. Through explorations of prehistoric animals like dinosaurs and comparisons to animals like birds today, campers discover how certain adaptations have helped a species survive. From scales, to feathers or fur, and through observations and experiments of body structures and behaviors campers will learn about animals in our world. Camp includes up-close animal encounters, visits to exhibits and hands-on activities!

Session Dates:
July 18 - 22, 2022
August 22 - 26, 2022

Price is per week. Sign up for two different camps! This camp is for children entering 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade in the fall of 2022.

Conservation Scientists
Campers discover how WCS scientists, artists, and exhibit designers replicate the natural areas we protect around the globe in our zoo. During this week of camp, your child can learn how WCS studies these habitats and educates and inspires visitors about the animals that live there. Through engaging activities, exhibit visits, and animal demonstrations, campers will gain a new understanding of zoo exhibit design. Campers will use what they have learned to then explore some of the natural areas around the zoo and create their own model exhibit!

Campers must be entering 6th, 7th, or 8th grade in the fall of 2022. 

Join us for a fun learning experience after-hours at the Zoo. Explore exhibits during a night walk, meet animals up-close, and create an amazing project to learn more about conservation actions. Scouts will receive a special Zoo patch to remember the evening, and everyone will have a tasty snack. All scouts must be accompanied by an adult.

Outdoor Fun (Daisies/Brownies) - April 1, 2022

STEM Outdoors (Brownies/Juniors) - May 13, 2022

Tickets are per person and children must be accompanied by an adult.

Family Science Adventures is a bilingual program designed for early learners to explore through fun outdoor experiments and observations. Each session includes a tour, free-play experiences, and an animal encounter. Topics change monthly and explore seasonal highlights of the Queens Zoo.

Saturday morning dates: Jan 15, Feb 12, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 11
Sunday afternoon dates: Feb 13, March 13, April 10, May 15, June 12

One ticket covers one caregiver and one child. The price is for one date (you may purchase mulitple dates, of course!). One caregiver is required to attend with each registered child. If you would like to add on one additional participant, you may do so during check out (add-on tickets are very limited).
 

Hop to it and shake your tail feathers. Your child and their friends can join our party host in a non-stop party of movement games, crafts and surprise animal encounters to discover how animals at the Zoo move. The party continues with a tour of some of our wild animal exhibits.

A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a birthday party at the Queens Zoo. If you have questions, contact the Birthday Party Specialist prior to booking online at qzbirthdayparties@wcs.org.

Submitting this form reserves your birthday party date & time & requires a non-refundable deposit. The Birthday Party Specialist will reach out to you within one week, at which time you will have the option to add extra participants for an additional cost. The price listed above is for up to 25 people, including the birthday family.

Join us for some fun on the farm. This program includes farm themed activities and crafts for children presented by our experienced party hosts. Your celebration continues with a tour of the petting zoo where your guests can get up close and feed some of our farm animals.

A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a birthday party at the Queens Zoo. If you have questions, contact the Birthday Party Specialist prior to booking online at qzbirthdayparties@wcs.org.

Submitting this form reserves your birthday party date & time & requires a non-refundable deposit. The Birthday Party Specialist will reach out to you within one week, at which time you will have the option to add extra participants for an additional cost. The price listed above is for up to 25 people, including the birthday family.

Discover our amazing animals at the Zoo as you join us for a Zoo scavenger hunt adventure. Children and parents alike get to walk around our Zoo as we try to solve animal clues to find our mystery animals. The party continues at our birthday room where children get to color and decorate their own take-home binoculars and meet an animal guest.

A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a birthday party at the Queens Zoo. If you have questions, contact the Birthday Party Specialist prior to booking online at qzbirthdayparties@wcs.org.

Submitting this form reserves your birthday party date & time & requires a non-refundable deposit. The Birthday Party Specialist will reach out to you within one week, at which time you will have the option to add extra participants for an additional cost. The price listed above is for up to 25 people, including the birthday family.

In this wild party learn how we care for our amazing Zoo animals. Our expert party host will lead the group on a tour of the Zoo to discover how zookeepers encourage wild behavior in the animals under their care. Through fun games, activities, and a cool animal encounter your child and guests will practice some keeper skills as you party like the animals.

A non-refundable deposit is required to reserve a birthday party at the Queens Zoo. If you have questions, contact the Birthday Party Specialist prior to booking online at qzbirthdayparties@wcs.org.

Submitting this form reserves your birthday party date & time & requires a non-refundable deposit. The Birthday Party Specialist will reach out to you within one week, at which time you will have the option to add extra participants for an additional cost. The price listed above is for up to 25 people, including the birthday family.

Is your child a future zookeeper? Each week in this series, we will explore what it means to care for animals in the Queens Zoo. Activities include interactions with Zoo staff, encounters with animals and fun activities. Come for one day or all four.

Keep It Tidy - March 6, 2022
The first job of a keeper is learning how to take care of the places where our animals live. Explore animal exhibits and learn what needs to be accomplished before the Zoo opens its doors everyday.

Keeper Teacher - March 13, 2022
Training is an important aspect of caring for animals. Learn how keepers train animals like sea lions so that can be fed easily, cared for and get the excercise they need.

Healthy as a Horse - Vet Care in the Zoo - March 20, 2022
From the simplest exams to the most important health care procedures, our animals get the best care there is from veterinarians and vet technicians. Discover what it takes to be an animal doctor.

Enriching Experiences - March 27, 2022
We want all of our animals to be healthy and happy. One thing that keepers do is enrich the lives of animals in many ways. You will learn about some of these enrichment activities and make some for our animals, too.

This is a drop-off program for children in 5th - 8th grades.

Come in your favorite pajamas and join us for an evening of snacks, crafts, animal encounters and a fun story. We are excited to bring back this popular evening event!

Cuddly Conservation - March 18, 2022
Spring is almost here and that means wild animals will be looking to nest and start raising their young. Join us in the evening as we explore the places around the Zoo where animals might find a home to raise their wild families.    

Hooray for Flowers - April 8, 2022
Roses are red, violets are blue. Did you know animals like flowers, too? Join us for an evening tour of the Zoo and explore our wild flower garden. Find out which animals love flowers and how some even help them grow.

Feeling a Little Sheepy - May 6, 2022
Join us for a fun time on the farm. Learn about how we care for our domesticated friends and how important they can be for us. You’ll make a craft with wool from our newly sheared sheep, meet some animals up close and end the evening with snacks and a fun story.

This experience is for children ages 4 & older with an adult. Tickets are per person and children must be accompanied by an adult.

Bring your family to spend the night at the Zoo and learn more about our amazing animals. You and your family will be treated to fun-filled educational activities that ensure you’ll leave this extraordinary event with memories your family will treasure.

Pricing is per person and children must be accompanied by an adult.